Executive (government) News

2:28 PM EST
2/8/2012 Police, demonstrators clash in Maldives after coupPolice and demonstrators demanding the reinstatement of ousted leader Mohamed Nasheed clashed in a square in the Maldivian capital of Male on Wednesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Demonstration, Politics, Government, Executive (government), Lifestyle And Leisure, Tourism

12:24 PM EST
1/19/2012 Bangladesh security agency smash coup conspiracyBangladesh security agencies have unearthed a conspiracy to overthrow the anti-Islamist government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Military officials said 14 to 16 former and active mid-level radical Muslim officers were involved in the conspiracy to topple the democratic government and install a hardline Islamist regime.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Coup D'etat, Politics, Government, Executive (government), Crime, Law And Justice, Inquiry

8:48 AM EST
1/18/2012 European Parliament appoints Germany’s Martin Schultz as new presidentEuropean Parliament on Tuesday elected German Socialist Martin Schultz as its new president. Schultz, who won the election with a comfortable majority of 387 votes out of 670 cast, will replace Jerzy Buzek of Poland.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Executive (government), International Organization

11:22 PM EST
1/17/2012 White House under lockdown as smoke bomb hurled over the fenceA smoke bomb was thrown over the fence at the White House as a rally with more than 1,000 Occupy DC protestors was being held outside, according to the Secret Service.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Terrorism, Arson, Politics, Government, Executive (government)

9:19 AM EST
1/16/2012 Mississippi attorney general to ask court to declare pardons voidMississippi Attorney General Jim Hood plans to ask a court to declare void the more than 200 inmates granted clemency last week by former Gov. Haley Barbour.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Civil, Politics, Government, Executive (government), Social Issue

2:22 PM EST
1/10/2012 Bangladesh army takes offense at opposition leader’s remarkThe Bangladesh armed forces have taken serious offense at a comment by main opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia at a public rally in Chittagong. The military's reaction interprets her remarks as an attempt to tarnish the image of the armed forces in a bid to create anarchy.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Executive (government), Defense, Armed Forces

5:14 PM EST
1/9/2012 White House Chief of Staff leaves despite Obama's request to stay onTop staffer in the White House left on Monday despite request from the president to rethink his decision according to the president himself.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Government, Executive (government), National Government

1:01 PM EST
1/9/2012 Bangladesh opposition sets deadline for government to quitBangladesh's main opposition on Monday set March 12 as the deadline for the ruling alliance government to quit. Speaking at a rally as she concluded a 132-mile march from the capital, Dhaka, to Chittagong, chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia said the ruling Awami League government’s time is up.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Executive (government), Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Political Dissent, Constitution

11:03 AM EST
1/4/2012 Bangladesh teacher ordered to jail over Facebook postA university instructor has been sentenced to six months in jail for failing to answer a Bangladesh court summons in connection with comments he allegedly made on Facebook wishing death to the country's prime minister.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet, Politics, Government, Executive (government)

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